Brain tumour research campaign

A YOUNG widow has spoken of her pride after watching her late husband take part in a groundbreaking documentary about terminal illness.Last night, Carrie Holbrook watched as her husband Steve, who died last November aged just 37, spoke about his battle with an aggressive brain tumour, as part of the BBC’s one-off programme A Time To Live.“It was very surreal seeing Steve on the TV, hearing his voice again and seeing his face, six months after his death,” said Carrie, 37, who lives in Cambridgeshire with the couple’s two children Emma, eight, and Mason, four.“It was very emotional, of course, but my overwhelming feeling was pride, that in the final months of his life he had the courage to be filmed, and speak honestly about what it’s like knowing you’re going to die.”Steve, a police officer, was diagnosed with an aggressive and incurable brain tumour in March 2015, after suffering from vision problems and headaches for almost three … [Read more...] about Wife of man with brain tumour who appeared on BBC’s A Time To Live reveals he has died… and why hearing his voice on the show six months later made her so proud

CELEBS are getting behind the charity bike ride inspired by Sun fitness expert Nicki Waterman.Last week we told how, following Nicki’s death from a rare and ferocious brain tumour, her daughter Alex Thrussell and friend Denise Van Outen joined forces with the Sun on Sunday to launch the Nicki Waterman Kerala Challenge.The group will be cycling 187 miles across India to raise awareness and funds for the charity Brain Tumour Research to improve survival rates across the UK.Now a host of celebrities - all close friends of Nicki - have backed the challenge, and YOU can join them.Nicki’s friend and client, All Saints’ Natalie Appleton said: “I miss our daily runs in Hampstead Heath. She shouldn’t have been taken too soon.“More money needs to be invested in brain tumour research to stop people dying like her.“It is great The Sun on Sunday is running this campaign. Cycling across India is a gruelling fitness challenge - and Nicki would have loved the … [Read more...] about How you can join celebs for 187-mile ride charity bike ride across India in memory of Sun fitness guru Nicki Waterman who died after battling rare brain tumour

IT WAS a black scribble on his head in an etch-a-sketch picture, the sign of a headache that "never went away" that led to a seven-year-old being diagnosed with a brain tumour.Young Emre Erulkeroglu had complained of the consistent pain but when taken to doctor's, his family was told it was simply a migraine.But after the boy drew a troubling self-portrait on his etch-a-sketch, his mother Tiffani was so worried she pushed for a MRI - with medics finding an inoperable cystic tumour.Mum Tiffani recounted her son's deteriorating health, saying he had first shown symptoms on Mother's Day 2015 when he woke and said he had a bad head ache.Tiffani said: "Within minutes he was lying in a drowsy state on the sofa but was screaming in pain every time he vomited."She said: "We took him to A&E where his headache disappeared due to the vomiting and we were told to go home as they thought it was just a migraine."But the little boy's condition didn't improve, with the painful headaches … [Read more...] about Boy’s etch-a-sketch drawing of black spot on his forehead to pinpoint his painful headaches led to devastating brain tumour discovery

A YOUNG woman is thankful to be alive after doctors put her brain tumour symptoms down to an ingrown toenail - leaving her needing a life-saving operation to remove a golf ball-sized mass six months later.Gemma Martin, now 22, woke up one day in December 2014 and couldn’t feel her right leg.Terrified, she rushed to A&E where they thought she could be suffering with meningitis but after tests she claims she was sent home and told she had experienced a “funny turn”.But over the next few weeks the weakness and numbness in her leg continued.Gemma, a business and management student from Erskine, said: “I woke up one morning and I had no feeling in my leg, it was terrifying.“I went to the doctors where they tested my reflexes but they were fine.“In the end I was told that the ingrown toenail on my right foot was causing the loss of feeling in my right leg and that I should have it removed.”But, after removing the toenail, Gemma began to develop … [Read more...] about Student’s shock after doctors said ingrown toenail caused numbness in her leg – but it turned out to be a GOLF BALL-SIZED brain tumour

THE chances were 400million-to-one, but for Rachel Cole the odds were not in her favour.Since losing her brother to a brain tumour ten years ago, the mum of two's worst fear was that she would suffer the same fate.Devastatingly, the brave mum was diagnosed with a Grade 3 tumour after collapsing at home after a seizure last year, reports the Chronicle Live.Rachel, from Rowlands Gill, and brother, Graeme Turner, were very close right up until the day he died.Graeme was just 26 when he was rushed to hospital after losing his balance and falling.In January 2005 he was given the devastating news he had a Grade 4 brain tumour and underwent surgery and chemotherapy.He died in October 2006, three months after celebrating his 28th birthday.Rachel said: "He was determined to fight, even though towards the end he couldn’t really do anything physically, he never lost his sense of humour or his personality."Following his death his family, who wanted to make a difference for people suffering … [Read more...] about Mum of two battles brain tumour 10 years after her older brother died from SAME disease

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl died after doctors 'mistook' the early signs of a brain tumour for exam worries -amid fears cancers are being confused with teenage mood swings.Emma Sims was 15 when she started to complain she couldn't see the board at school properly before suffering from headaches and sickness.Doctors told mum Heather, 47, and dad Graeme, 49, from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, that her migraines were being "triggered by exam stress and spending hours on the computer".Mrs Sim, who also has another daughter Ellie, said the couple took Emma to see a GP three times, adding: “Once when Graeme took her, he was even told: ‘It’s not a brain tumour, you know.’”It was only a few months later - in March 2014 - when Emma's eye turned in that she was rushed to hospital and the tumour was discovered.She had emergency surgery to relieve pressure on her brain and in a second operation the following day, surgeons managed to remove most of her tumour.Biopsy … [Read more...] about Girl, 17, died after doctors ‘mistook’ brain tumour for exam worries – amid fears cancers are being confused with teens’ mood swings

A MAN with terminal brain cancer who was given a year to live, claims that ditching CARBS and eating plenty of fat could be the reason he is still alive today.Last July dad-of-two Dave Bolton, 35, was given just 12 months to live with treatment - or three months without - when he was diagnosed with a terminal Glioblastoma Multiform 4 brain tumour (GBM4).Dave from the Wirral, Merseyside, had previously been given a five year prognosis in July 2014 - after doctors discovered a tennis ball-sized grade two Astrocytoma tumour in his brain.However, Dave has now given up eating carbs, fruit, vegetables and sugar and has switched to consuming a diet high in meat, dairy and fats, and his scans now reveal that mass on his brain has almost completely disappeared.Dave, who is also a former world champion kickboxer, said: "After my diagnosis all these thoughts were running through my head – I wondered whether I would ever be able to walk my daughter down the aisle or watch my son grow up."I … [Read more...] about Father with terminal brain tumour claims high-fat diet of meat and dairy is the reason he’s still alive

SUPPORT for our #SweatySelfie campaign just keeps on coming.Gymnastics-mad Maisie Lossau, 11, is the latest person to back our charity venture in memory of Sun fitness expert Nicki Waterman.After being diagnosed with a brain tumour, Maisie has spent the past eight months in hospital.But she was inspired to act after the family of Nicki — who died of a brain tumour this month, aged 53 — launched a fundraising appeal for the charity Brain Tumour Research.Last week, we told how Nicki’s daughter Alex and son Harry are urging readers to post a “sweaty selfie” online after a workout and donate money to Brain Tumour Research.TV stars Denise Van Outen and Kate Thornton, All Saints singer Nicole Appleton and ex-Spice Girl Emma Bunton have all backed the cause and readers have so far donated £3,000 to charity. Now Maisie has joined the campaign and, in a wheelchair by her hospital bedside, posed for her own beaming selfie with mum Dawn and dad Darrell.Dawn, … [Read more...] about Brave youngster Maisie Lossau joins The Sun’s #sweatyselfie campaign in aid of Brain Tumour Research

SUN fitness expert Nicki Waterman inspired thousands of readers to get out and exercise — and even a ferocious brain tumour could not stop her doing the same.The 53-year-old, who died on Thursday, continued to walk on her beloved local heath despite being so frail she had to hold on to tree branches to keep upright.Last night one of her many celebrity clients, singer Natalie Appleton of All Saints, wrote in tribute to her close friend: “There aren’t enough words to express how much we will miss you.“You were my rock, my inspiration, shoulder to cry on and always there when I needed you, you never failed to make us laugh.”The doting grandmother of two was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive brain tumour the size of a golf ball in May last year. At the time her husband of 22 years, Dennis, was suffering pancreatic cancer which he succumbed to five months later, aged 69.Nicki said later: “He was the love of my life. I said to him I would try to find a … [Read more...] about All Saints singer Natalie Appleton leads tributes to Sun fitness guru Nicki Waterman who died from a brain tumour after brave battle with cancer

A MAN who spent six hours a day on his mobile phone has died from a brain tumour – which he believed was caused by radiation exposure.Ian Phillips, 44, was told he had a growth the size of a lemon in his brain six years ago.The health executive vowed to beat the disease – but tragically lost his battle after spending months campaigning about the potential dangers of mobile phones.His younger sister, Nicky, paid an emotional tribute to Ian following his death.She said: "Ian was an amazing person. It's heartbreaking, but he was a real fighter and we are so proud of him."We are all absolutely devastated but we are getting so much comfort from messages from people all over the world."Ian – a £110,000-a-year executive with General Electric's healthcare diagnostic imaging - was hit by a blinding headache in 2010.A tumour the size of a lemon showed up on one of his own MRI scanners at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.Ian underwent a nine-hour emergency … [Read more...] about Health executive dies from brain tumour after spending SIX hours a day on his mobile phone